This week Adam Walton discusses blogs, blogging and the "blogosphere".

We're blogging...

The "blog" or "weblog" has been around for at least a decade, and has given millions of people the chance to air their thoughts on the world wide web. Now, the landscape of the so-called blogosphere is changing as shorter forms of blog, together with the rise of social networking sites, has opened up a new way of communicating our thoughts. This week Adam Walton discusses how the world of blogs is evolving, and where it may be heading in the coming years. JJ O'Donoghue from WebUser magazine outlines what a blog is, and how easy it is to set one up.

Pat in cyberspace

Wrexham community reporter Pat Venner gets some more words of advice from home computer expert Alyson Wilson of The Allyway in Mold. Pat wonders whether blogging and social networking might be useful in her busy life.

The Gospel according to...

Rhys Wynne from Colwyn Bay has been a "passionate" blogger for over five years, and regularly updates his "gospel according to Rhys" blog. Does he think trands like Twitter will affect his blog?

Can't it have a nicer name?

Technology journalist Rhodri Marsden does a "radio blog" about blogging and ponders the huge range of provocative, funny, poetic and informative blogs that are "out there", along with video and photographic blogs - all very easy to publish for the world to see. But is there enough time to enjoy it all?

Scrawling for the world to see

The "Bygone Bureau" recently picked up a prize from the SXSW festival for best blog. One of their writers, David Tveite, is a student currently studying in London and is writing about his experiences, as an American in the UK, in a series of blogs called "London Scrawling"

LINKS

• WebUser
• The 50 word review (JJs cinema blog)
  
• The Allyway, Mold
  
• The Gospel According To Rhys
  
• The Bygone Bureau